LOS ANGELES – Freddie Freeman is back in the Dodgers lineup for the winner-take-all Game 5 of the National League Division Series against the Padres after two days out because of his sprained right ankle.

Freeman has three singles in 11 at-bats so far in the NLDS, with seven of his nine balls in the game classified as hard-hit with a release velocity of at least 95 mph. He left Game 2 after feeling increased pain in the ankle he sprained on September 26, and was immediately subbed out after a single for a pinch-runner in the eighth inning of Game 3 when it was clear he wasn’t much could walk.

He didn’t appear at all in Game 4, even though the Dodgers originally listed Freeman as a play in the lineup.

“With two days off – he didn’t try to prepare (for Game 4) – he’s doing better with treatment,” manager Dave Roberts said Thursday. “I just have a feeling he’ll be in there tomorrow.”

Shortstop Miguel Rojas will not start, which was expected since he left Game 3 in the third inning feeling more discomfort from his adductor tear. Rojas didn’t play at all in Game 4 and is unlikely to play in Game 5. Roberts said Thursday that Rojas could potentially pinch-hit.

That means Tommy Edman gets the call at shortstop, where he played the last 15 defensive innings after 20 innings in center field to open the NLDS.

Kiké Hernández will start in center in Game 5 after his two hits in Game 4. He started this contest at third base, but switched positions with Chris Taylor in center field and then back again on Wednesday.

“Obviously you have to approach it with a lot of urgency because every game is important, and Kiké has shown that he is ready for the postseason,” Roberts said of Hernández, who hit .276/.351/.535 with a wRC+ in his career 134 in 74 postseason games. “The pattern over the course of a season is certainly something, but the pattern does not, in my opinion, mean any success at any point after the season. It’s a kind of person, this special moment, and you have to make a bet. That’s how I see it.”